Romesh Ranganathan says he feels ‘a little bit of embarrassment’ at Traitors win

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Evening Standard · collected 2026-10-30 · by Casey Cooper-Fiske

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Romesh Ranganathan won the BBC reality gameshow "Traitors," earning £41,500 for his chosen charity, the Refugee Council. After his victory, he expressed both happiness and embarrassment, acknowledging his difficulty in identifying traitors during the game. He also joked about potential backlash from James Blunt and Michael Sheen due to his actions on the show.

Written by AI on 2026-10-31, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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In the penultimate episode of The Celebrity Traitors on October 29, actress Sharon Rooney was murdered and comedian Joanne McNally was banished. The drama continued into the finale on October 30 when another contestant was killed, leading to a tense showdown where Romesh Ranganathan emerged victorious with £41,500 for his charity, the Refugee Council. Throughout these episodes, social media star King Kenny and TV presenter Maya Jama were also involved in dramatic betrayals and strategic voting, though Maya expected Kenny would turn on her at some point. The final saw a series of shocking twists as remaining contestants struggled to identify traitors before it was too late.

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Casey Cooper-Fiske

74 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 Celebrity Traitors final sees shock murder, dramatic betrayals and tense endgame showdown The Celebrity Traitors came to a dramatic end on Friday night as the remaining contestants entered the final episode with one question hanging over them - could the faithfuls root out the last traitors before it was too late?

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · Maya Jama expected fellow traitor King Kenny to betray her on Celebrity Traitors

🔮 “I just knew he was a traitor, and I was banking on James voting for Kenny, so it would be a split vote, because if he’d gone for Romesh, James would have gone.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · Celebrity Traitors winner Sebastian Croft changed strategy at last minute

🔮 “I feel that I’ve won the game, despite I would say my key development area in this game being identifying Traitors correctly.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · Romesh Ranganathan says he feels ‘a little bit of embarrassment’ at Traitors win

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · Final episode of The Celebrity Traitors as faithfuls

🔮 It came after a meeting between the pair in the turret saw Kenny opt for Sheen as he was “too authoritative on that table”, but Jama worried that the murder may turn the heat on her on the BBC reality gameshow.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · One more contestant murdered as Celebrity Traitors final begins

🔮 “I couldn’t just go, ‘guys it’s me, vote for me, but that’s all I can do really’.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · The Celebrity Traitors winner to be crowned after surprise roundtable reveal

🔮 “I couldn’t just go, ‘guys it’s me, vote for me, but that’s all I can do really’.

2026-10-30 · assertive framing · The Celebrity Traitors winner to be crowned after surprise roundtable reveal

🔮 “And I would have to remind myself they don’t have a game without you, literally, if no one’s doing this stuff, they can’t play, and they all want to play.

2026-10-29 · assertive framing · James Acaster: Plan to reveal identity ‘got me through’ Celebrity Traitors

🔮 “I couldn’t just go, ‘guys it’s me, vote for me, but that’s all I can do really’.

2026-10-29 · assertive framing · Celebrity Traitors star banished after admitting to being traitor at roundtable

🔮 Rooney found out she had been murdered after McNally was banished at the roundtable, where both contestants attracted heat, with the traitors, social media star King Kenny, TV presenter Maya Jama and comedian James Acaster, killing Rooney to create confusion among the faithfuls.

2026-10-29 · assertive framing · One murdered and one banished in Celebrity Traitors penultimate episode

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Topics

BBC the Refugee Council

Subjects

Ranganathan PERSON · 5× Bash PERSON · 3× Croft PERSON · 3× Kenny PERSON · 3× James PERSON · 2× BBC ORG · 1× Blunt PERSON · 1× James Blunt PERSON · 1× Michael Sheen PERSON · 1× the Refugee Council ORG · 1×

Narrative

The second banishment saw two votes each for Blunt and traitor King Kenny, splitting the vote, leaving Ranganathan and Croft to vote again to try to break the deadlock, eventually deciding to banish Kenny as Ranganathan eventually agreed with Croft.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-31

🔮 “I feel that I’ve won the game, despite I would say my key development area in this game being identifying Traitors correctly.

2026-10-31 · Evening Standard

Romesh Ranganathan says he feels ‘a little bit of embarrassment’ at Traitors win · assertive framing

Claims (18 extracted, 0 hedged)

The 48-year-old took home £41,500 for his chosen charity, the Refugee Council, after he and Heartstopper star Croft were the last two players remaining as faithfuls at the firepit on the BBC reality gameshow. asserted

he → take → gameshow

Speaking after his win, Ranganathan said: “It’s happiness tinged with a little bit of embarrassment. asserted

It → speak → embarrassment

“I feel that I’ve won the game, despite I would say my key development area in this game being identifying Traitors correctly. asserted

area → feel → Traitors

I think that’s probably the thing that I was the worst at.” asserted

I → think → that

Ranganathan said that despite feeling that his “level of contribution to the game” was less than others who had departed the show earlier, he was “really happy to have won”. asserted

he → say → show

He added: “James Blunt at some point in the future will kill me, and I’m saying that now. asserted

I → add → that

It’s almost certain. asserted

It → ’ → ?

I don’t think his family are going to like me when they watch the show. asserted

they → think → show

“I set up a hate campaign against Michael Sheen on camera. asserted

I → set → camera

I genuinely said tonight we kill the king, which doesn’t sound faithful.” asserted

which → say → king

Ranganathan → see → Croft

Ranganathan added: “When I thought about the visual for the final two, I’d always thought me and Bash. asserted

I → add → me

“So then I’m thinking, well, the very minimal victory is it’s me and Bash, right? asserted

it → think → ?

But then you don’t want to just get rid of everyone because, selfishly, you think you’re only certain about one person. asserted

you → want → person

Read More “So I’m thinking to myself, ‘well, in that case, there’s a third person’. asserted

I → read → case

So Bash and myself, I’m certain about, and then it’s another, either James or Kenny. asserted

it → ’m → ?

“And it was so marginal, me flitting between them both, and I locked onto being suspicious of James because he was following theories about faithfuls and then not being at all reticent about going for another one. asserted

he → flit → one

I just thought that was a bit suspicious.” asserted

that → think → ?

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